Sarah and Tom Williams
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1890-1893
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Sarah and Tom Ridgway
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1893-1904
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Ethel and Maurice Forrest
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1904-1926
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John T. and Agnes Collins
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1926-1932
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George W. Masson
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1932-1932
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Mr Scott
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1933-
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C. W. Ryder and Violet Watson
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1936-1939
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Gerald and Muriel Uglow
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1940-1948
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John and Irene Taylor
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1948-1950
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Keith and Lorna Gillingham
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1954
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Archibald K. Ritchie
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1953-1956
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Archibald Smith
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1956-1957
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Ern and Sadie Young
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1957-1960
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Alan Giulieri
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1960-1961
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Ken and Barbara Gould
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1961-
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James T and Shelia Daley
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1963 - -
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Mr and Riki Volders
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Bob and Irene Odlam
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Rob and Hilary Reynolds
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1999
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Mike and Margaret Smith
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There was a Post Office in Clyde North from 1864 to about 1981. The Clyde Township Post Office was moved from the Railway Station to the present store in 1913.
Shops, Businesses and Trades People 1890-1930
Early storekeepers and tradesmen in Clyde were Embling Hardy, William Manks, Joseph Jennings (bricklayer), Benjamin Cutler (carpenter), John Ridgway (road contractor) John Murphy (mail contractor), John Sykes (farmer and contractor) and George Kenny, George Wilson (butchers).
Baker
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1916
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John Gage
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Blacksmith
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1914
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Alexander Stewart Kennedy
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Blacksmith
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1915
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Francis C. Rooke
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Blacksmith
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1918
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William John Height
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Blacksmith
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1918
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Richard John Grigg
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Bootmaker
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1925
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Alexander Pope
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Bootmaker, Mail Run, Storekeeper
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1903
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James Spiers Stewart
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Butcher / Lawyer
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c 1927
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Adolpus S F. Opperman & Facey
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Butcher
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1926
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Ash
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Butcher
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1915
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Henry Peterson
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Butcher
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1912
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Peter Peterson
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Cake shop
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1927-32?
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Dolly Ferguson
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Carpenter
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1914
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John Stick
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Carpenter
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1914
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Charles Johnson
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Carpenter
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1922
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Walter M. Bailey
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Cartage Contractor & Farmer
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1923
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Richard A Hart
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Chaff Cutter
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1897
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Henry Manks
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Contractor
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1919
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Leslie Bailey
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Contractor
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1903
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Charles Wadey
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Contractor
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1923
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Alfred R Richmond
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Cook
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1980
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Essie Stapelton
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Cook
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1930
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Tom Bullock
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Dressmaker/Milinery
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1926-1927
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Doreen Wenn
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Harness Maker
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Jack Jenner
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Mail Contractor
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1915
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Charles Chapman
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Shopkeeper
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1920’s?
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Mrs Hart
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Shopkeeper
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1891-1892
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Ann Churchill
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Store Keeper
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1925
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Albert Wenn - Wenn Brothers
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Traveller
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1918
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Cyril Croskell
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Dates are approximate.
After the introduction of the milk truck, farmers didn’t need to use the railways for milk transportation.. In 1939 it was reported since that change, two shops were removed and two were closed down.
Sources
1. Online (TROVE) Newspapers: The Age The Argus,The Dandenong Journal, South Bourke and Mornington Journal2. The Good Country
3. Clyde School Roll
4. A Clyde History
5. Post Office Directories 1868
6. Electoral Roll
7. PROV Online Wills and Estates to 1925
8. Municipal Directories 1893, 95, 97, 99
9. Editor's personal knowledge
1. Online (TROVE) Newspapers: The Age The Argus,The Dandenong Journal, South Bourke and Mornington Journal2. The Good Country
3. Clyde School Roll
4. A Clyde History
5. Post Office Directories 1868
6. Electoral Roll
7. PROV Online Wills and Estates to 1925
8. Municipal Directories 1893, 95, 97, 99
9. Editor's personal knowledge
